NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Extremely few stroke patients have unsuspected coagulopathies that would prevent thrombolysis — a finding that supports the practice of starting the treatment without…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A low platelet count in the presence of hepatitis C viremia indicates the need to begin interferon-based treatment, regardless of the degree of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Core needle biopsies seem almost as accurate as open biopsy in detecting breast cancer, and less prone to complications, a meta-analysis has found.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The Prove-it sepsis assay (Mobidiag, Helsinki, Finland) is highly sensitive and specific in identifying bacterial species in blood samples and provides much faster…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Elevated C-reactive protein (CRP) levels are linked with an increased risk of stent thrombosis and cardiovascular events in patients with drug-eluting stents, say…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – An “important” relation exists between platelet reactivity and glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes and coronary artery disease who are on…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New research confirms that tubular carcinoma (TC) of the breast has an excellent prognosis and goes on to show that outcomes are better…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Transfusion of two rather than one unit of partially HLA-matched umbilical cord blood (UCB) appears to reduce the risk of relapse in leukemia…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Cervical cancer screening should begin when a woman turns 21, according to newly revised evidence-based guidelines issued November 20 by the American College…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The initial empiric antimicrobial therapy used to treat septic shock may be the most important determinant of whether a patient will survive to…